Creating a blog was out of the question for a long time for me, as measuring everything in the kitchen was like biting into an eggshell. I enjoy cooking and don’t want to waste even a slightest bit of enjoyment in that small world of mine. But little did I know that everything will change, when my husband came home with the Oscar nominated film ‘Julie and Julia’( a real life story) where Julie Powell (part played by Amy Adams) challenged herself to make all the 524 recipes from Julia Child's cook book ‘Mastering the Art of French Cooking’ and blogging all her experiences (The Julie/Julia Project). It was an inspiring movie. A few days later when we were discussing this casually with a friend of ours over tea…everything changed dramatically…..” How about you making at least half of it in one year? Not French but your own. 262 recipes that will inspire others and present it as a blog?” For a minute my mind traveled faster than light… With an experience as a helper in my mother in laws kitchen for 6 years followed by a three year everyday struggle to satisfy the palate of my foodie husband, if I cannot do it then why should I cook? But on the other side with an experience in English literature extending no more than expanding outline stories in English grammar class when I was 18 and two small kids that come in handy at times, will a commitment for the next one year work? Anyway my ‘cook's ego’ didn’t allow me to say no...

So my friends …here I am opening my recipe book, trying to perfect and present 262 recipes in the coming 365 days….A Challenge that will of course tastes good. Come.. Have a walk with me along my journey.. Cheering and inspiring….Forgiving and tolerating…Testing and tasting….for ‘A Tasty Challenge’

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Awards....

Sojo of My Culinary Experiments and Tahemeem Shaik of Not So Gourmet has passed on this 'One Lovely Blog' award some days back... Let me take the time to thank them for remembering me...

I would like to pass this award to these amazing and talented fellow bloggers...
Kurinji of Kurinji Kadambam
Dr. Sameena Prathap of My Culinary Creations
Umm Mymoonah of
Divya Vikram of Dil Se
Miriam Korula of In Vogue at Home
Kalpana Sareesh of Life with Spices
Sonali Pradhan of Only Fish Recipes
Jincy of Third Kitchen
Priya Mahadevan of Now Serving.

Now this is what you have to do
  1. Accept the award and post it in your blog with the name of the person who has given you the award with his or her blog link.
  2. Nominate 15 other bloggers for the award.
  3. Let them know about the award by leaving a comment in their blog.
Thanks a lot once more for showering me with encouragement....

9 comments:

Unknown said...

congrats on your well deserved award dear and thank you so much for sharing it with me - honored :)

Lijna said...

Many congrats on completing the challenge...You have done a beautiful job . Please do continue posting more wonderful recipes...
I hope I can also resume posting some time soon...
Congrats on your award..and tnx for sharing it with me..

Miriam Korula said...

Hi Asha, I'm a huge fan of your blog, your recipes and your spirit...it means a lot to me that you thought of giving me this award. Thank you so much. :)

Priya Suresh said...

Congrats on ur awards, keep rocking..

Vardhini said...

Congrats on the awards.

Vardhini
VardhinisKitchen

Unknown said...

Congrats and thank you so much for sharing the award with me!

Mehjabeen Arif said...

Congrats on your Awards Sweety :) Way to go girl !

Nivya said...

Congrats Asha for those wonderful recipes! Great work indeed. Thanks a lot for sharing this award with me. It is truly an inspiration to keep me going.

Santosh Bangar said...

congrats for awardscake is looking moist and yummy
1st time here nice space do visit my site

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